conceptualize
verb
con·cep·tu·al·ize
kən-ˈsep-chə-wə-ˌlīz 
-chü-ə-,
-chə-ˌlīz,
-shwə-ˌlīz
conceptualized; conceptualizing
: to form a concept of
conceptualize a new car design
especially
: to interpret conceptually
conceptualizing reality
Examples of conceptualize in a Sentence
She described her plans to me, but I found them hard to conceptualize.
He conceptualizes the family as an economic unit.
A programmer needs to analyze and conceptualize in order to solve problems.
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To categorize hair alongside body parts like skulls and skin is intentional: hair was, indeed, conceptualized as a body part in the nineteenth century.
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Fortunately, Dell and NVIDIA have created this eBook, which follows a day in the life of a software developer whose team is tasked with conceptualizing a proof-of-concept (PoC).
—Clint Boulton, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
André conceptualized the project almost a decade ago while staying with his son at a house in Texas that only had a piano, their beds and TV screens.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 May 2025
In many respects, these examples underscore not only the question of how the synesthetic registers of Pan-Africanism’s political project mobilize sound but also the problem of how museums conceptualize the relationship between the sonic and the visual.
—Ivy G. Wilson, Artforum, 1 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Fortunately, Dell and NVIDIA have created this eBook, which follows a day in the life of a software developer whose team is tasked with conceptualizing a proof-of-concept (PoC).
—Clint Boulton, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
André conceptualized the project almost a decade ago while staying with his son at a house in Texas that only had a piano, their beds and TV screens.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 May 2025
In many respects, these examples underscore not only the question of how the synesthetic registers of Pan-Africanism’s political project mobilize sound but also the problem of how museums conceptualize the relationship between the sonic and the visual.
—Ivy G. Wilson, Artforum, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for conceptualize
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“Conceptualize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conceptualize. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.
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